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The Lithium Triangle (Spanish: Triángulo del Litio) is a region of the Andes that is rich in lithium reserves, encompassed by the borders of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. [1] The lithium in the triangle is concentrated in various salt pans that exist along the Atacama Desert and neighboring arid areas .
Lithium mine at the Salar de Uyuni salt flat in Bolivia . Lithium Mining in Bolivia has grown in political and economic interest in the 21st century as lithium is a mineral used in the manufacturing of batteries, needed for producing many electronics, cellphones, and electric vehicles.
Argentina is the world's second largest lithium brine producer [12] which is located in Jujuy (e. g. Salar de Olaroz and Salinas Grandes mines). The so-called Lithium Triangle, consisting of NW Argentina, Bolivia and NE Chile holds more than half the world's supply. [13]
The total of Bolivia’s confirmed lithium resources has increased 2 million tons to 23 million tons, the Andean country’s president said Thursday. The new estimate further cements Bolivia’s ...
Bolivia has signed lithium agreements with Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom and China's Citic Guoan Group, the South American country's government said on Thursday, as it looks to develop its ...
Lithium mine production (tonnes) Rank Country Year 2018 [2] 2019 [3] 2020 [4] 2021 [4] 2022 [5] 2023 [6]; 1 Australia: 51,000 45,000 39,700 55,000 61,000 86,000 2 Chile: 16,000
Argentina, along with Chile and Bolivia, comprise Latin America's so-called lithium triangle containing one of the world's biggest reserves of the ultra-light metal.
According to the United States Geological Survey, Bolivia’s resources of lithium are estimated to be 9 million metric tons as of 2018. [15] In 2017, a state-owned company Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB) was created with the aim of extracting the lithium deposits and developing the lithium industry. [ 3 ]